James Rahm's son also faces charges for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
In a pre-sentencing report, Rahm’s attorneys argued for no prison time and described him as a remorseful man who, despite being divorced, continues to financially support his family and who’s already suffered from being publicly shamed for his conduct on Jan.
6. “He had no business being there. The Court will hear from Mr. Rahm that he regrets his actions, deplores the violence and property destruction at the Capitol, and apologizes to members of Congress, congressional staff, and law enforcement for his part in the events,” the lawyers wrote. Rahm worked in construction for many years and started a company in 2018. One of his three sons - the report did not say which one - had plans to take over the business one day. Those plans were dashed by publicity from his arrest, and the only business he’s been able to obtain is hauling trash from buildings in Philadelphia. His inflammatory comments on Facebook during and after the Jan. 6, 2021 rioting and violence were only to boast to followers, his lawyers argued. He was inside the Capitol for 11 minutes and he admitted his conduct to the FBI when apprehended, his lawyers argued. The report contained 17 letters of support from family, friends, colleagues and others who painted the elder Rahm as a father and patriot. “Doug is not perfect, and he has made many mistakes, as we all have. This has been one of the worst times of our families lives and we are suffering greatly because of his actions, and he is forever remorseful for that. No one will ever know the shame that he carries,” his former wife, Kelly Rahm wrote. Federal prosecutors countered in their sentencing report that Rahm is a liar and felon whose words should not be undone by professions of remorse. “He entered the Capitol with the intent to ‘kick some friggin’ ass,’ after proceeding through ‘riot shields and pepper spray.’ He repeatedly boasted online about breaking down the doors to the Capitol and pushing through the pain in his eyes from the pepper spray to stop the vote. Though he now claims to have embellished, he celebrated his conduct in the immediate aftermath, but then lied to the FBI about what he had done and where he had gone on January 6,” prosecutors wrote. One post encapsulates this, prosecutors say. “Home alive. History made. I walked right through Pelosi’s office I should have [s---] on her chair,” he posted with three laughing emojis. “Participating in the worst attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812 certainly made history, but not in the way Rahm believes,” prosecutors write. “Incredibly, and without a hint of irony, in one of his online posts, Rahm called those who did not violently attack the nation’s seat of democracy, ‘Disgusting antiAmericans.’ "Prosecutors noted that Rahm, “boasted to the FBI that he was arrested in Arizona for marijuana smuggling in the early 1980′s and was freed after bribing the judge by paying him $25,000. Rahm also detailed previously living a lavish lifestyle in the 1980′s from being a drug dealer, oftentimes smuggling large quantities drugs into the U.S. from Mexico.” During his pre-sentencing interview, though, he said nothing of that supposed past to federal probation authorities, prosecutors wrote. Rahm has drug convictions from 1977 and 1978, an assault conviction in 1981, a marijuana solicitation conviction in Arizona in 1987 and a federal marijuana smuggling conviction from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1992. The convictions did not affect this sentencing, due to the passage of time, but prosecutors urged the judge to bolster their argument for prison time.
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